Stacked Blumlein pulse generators

Author

Davanloo, F. ; Korioth, J.L. ; Borovina, D.L. ; Krause, R.K. ; Collins, C.B. ; Agee, F.J. ; Hull, J.H. ; Kingsley, L.E.

Author_Institution

Center for Quantum Electron., Texas Univ., Dallas, TX, USA

fYear

1996

fDate

25-27 Jun 1996

Firstpage

181

Lastpage

185

Abstract

Extensive characterization of stacked Blumlein pulsers has been performed over the past few years. Results indicate that these devices are capable of producing high-power waveforms with risetimes and repetition rates in the range of 0.2-50 ns and 1-300 Hz, respectively, using a conventional thyratron, spark gap or photoconductive switch. This paper reviews the progress made to date in the development of these novel pulsers. It is shown that, with slight design modifications, they can produce pulsed power waveforms with fast risetimes and a wide range of pulse durations and peak values. An analysis of the behavior of the stacked Blumlein pulsers is given and the results of performance tests are discussed

Keywords

photoconducting switches; power supplies to apparatus; pulse generators; pulsed power switches; spark gaps; thyratrons; 0.2 to 50 ns; 1 to 300 Hz; design modifications; performance tests; photoconductive switch; pulse durations; pulse repetition rates; pulse risetimes; pulsed power supplies; pulsed power waveforms; spark gap; stacked Blumlein pulse generators; thyratron; Laboratories; Pulse generation; Pulse shaping methods; Space vector pulse width modulation; Sparks; Stacking; Switches; Testing; Thyratrons; Voltage;

fLanguage

English

Publisher

ieee

Conference_Titel

Power Modulator Symposium, 1996., Twenty-Second International

Conference_Location

Boca Raton, FL

Print_ISBN

0-7803-3076-5

Type

conf

DOI

10.1109/MODSYM.1996.564481

Filename

564481